The Escape vs White Mills

A side-by-side comparison of The Escape and White Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

The Escape and White Mills are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

White Mills has the higher population (718 vs 426 in The Escape). The Escape has the higher median household income ($48,500 vs $47,153 in White Mills).

Population, income & housing

	The Escape	White Mills
Population	426	718
Median age	51.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$47,153
Median home value	—	$163,200
Median gross rent	$1,348	$1,175
Housing units	641	345
Homeownership rate	65.3%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	The Escape	White Mills
Population	—	965 → 718 (-25.6%)
Median household income	—	$43,300 → $47,153 (+8.9%)
Median home value	—	$108,900 → $163,200 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$757 → $1,175 (+55.2%)

The Escape

White Mills

Population

965718

Median household income

$43,300$47,153

Median home value

$108,900$163,200

Median gross rent

$757$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	The Escape	White Mills
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	12.9%	13.6%
25 to 34	6.6%	19.1%
35 to 44	5.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	20.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	23.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.8%
75 and over	2.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	The Escape	White Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	77.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	The Escape	White Mills
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	53.7%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	The Escape	White Mills
Drove alone	72.8%	68.2%
Carpooled	25.2%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	21.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	The Escape	White Mills
1-unit, detached	63.3%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.3%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	The Escape	White Mills
Poverty rate	27.5%	36.9%
Average household size	2.96	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1991	1949